Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 25620, James German, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
German, James Elizabeth
N. 25620.
CONTENTS

20.424  New York  James German  Enrolled in the State of New York who was a Private in the Comp. commanded by Captain Sherwood of the Regt. commanded by Col. Warner in the U. States for 7 months
Enscribed on the Roll of U. States at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 day of Sept  1833 and Sarah A. Cuttenden  Ithaca
Arrears to the 4th of March 33 $ 16.66 Semi-ant. allowance ending March 34  11.66 $ 69.93
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. Rev. L. W. L. L.  W. L. L.
Recorded by W. L. L. Clerk, Book E. Vol. 4. Page 58

5969 New York ex Elizabeth German widow of James German ny who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 23 Dollars 32
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
7. of June 1849
Certificate of Pension issued the 11. day of Augt. 1852
and sent to
L. N. Quinn Ithaca NY
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act July 22, 1842 , Page 76 Vol. 4, 2. Feb. 1848.

14720
James German Tompkins county N.York
Admitted Private of months
O. 384 16. 06. May 9 th 1833.
Samuel Grittenden Ithaca N.Y.

BRIEF in the case of James German of Tompkins co in the State of New York (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 69  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Enlisted In 17 80 7 As a Private Gen. Capt. Sherwood, Col Warner  
 5. In what battles was he engaged?  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Saratoga New York  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? living witnesses, tradition.  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Not corrected as required 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J. Bradford Examining Clerk.

THE NEW TESTAMENT OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST, TRANSLATED OUT OF THE ORIGINAL GREEK: AND WITH THE FORMER TRANSLATION
Diligently compared and revised.
T R E N T O N : PRINTED AND SOLD BY ISAAC COLLINS M.DCC.XCIV.

octobe 4 th
Susannah: Mitchel
Her Book. god give her grave. where Into Lock. Bril Price. 2 nd wife
Aged 80 yrs June 11 th D 1803
Born. In. the yr. D. 1785
leaves children 1798 Nov 19 th Died 1821 Nov 12 th Aged 80 years and 10 months Cynthia married Oct 19 th 1837

State of New York County of Tompkins On this the 18 th day of May 1852 personally appeared before me Caleb B. Drake a Justice of the Peace in and for said County Thomas J. Phelps of Ithaca in said County aged Forty Eight years, who being duly sworn doth depose and saith that he was acquainted with James German who in his life time was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, and also with his wife Elizabeth German who is now applying for a Pension as his widow, and has been acquainted with both the above mentioned persons for more than nineteen years last past, That he married Eliza Randall a niece of the said James & Elizabeth whose age is thirty seven years old that My Wife's Mother is a daughter of James & Elizabeth German, That she is now living, That the annexed Record of the Birth and Death of Elizabeth German and of the Marriage of Cynthia, the children of the said James & Elizabeth is in the hand writing of James German, That the Bible was a present to James German by Susannah Mitchel after their Bible was burnt, and is the only kind of Record known of, That the Record annexed is only the Record of the Fifth Child, and that the annexed is a Record of the Marriage of Cynthia who is the youngest child of the said James & Elizabeth German above named, That the age of Elizabeth German would be if living Fifty four years old, That My Wife's Mother Hannah Randall is now about the age of Sixty years or over. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 18 th day of May 1852 Sam. C. Crittenden J. P. Thomas J. Phelps
On this the 18 th day of May 1852 personally appeared before me James Thomas J. Phelps above named and made oath to the above statement and I certify that the above mentioned Thomas J. Phelps is a highly respectable person and his statement entitled to full credit and belief. Sam Crittenden J. P.

State of New York, } ss. Tompkins County Clerk's Office, }
I, HORACE MACK, Clerk of said County, and also Clerk of the Courts in and for said County, do hereby certify, that David Crittenden Jr Esquire, before whom the preceding declaration was subscribed and sworn, and whose name appears to the Jurat thereto, was at the date of the same an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly elected, sworn, and authorized to act as such, and to take the same: And further, that I am well acquainted with the hand-writing of such Justice, and verily believe that the signature to the preceding Jurat is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed the seal of the said County and Courts, at Ithaca, this Eighteenth day of May 1852
H Mack Clerk.

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 th July, 1838 "Entitled an act granting half pay and Pension to certain widows also for the benefit of any acts of Congress granting pay and pension to widows"
State of New York
County of Tompkins On the tenth day of January 1851 personally appeared before the subscriber a Judge of the County Court in and for said County, Elizabeth German of Ithaca in the County & State aforesaid and who is now a resident of said County & State aged Eighty Nine Years and upwards who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her Oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Provisions made by Congress passed 7 th July 1838 Entitled an act granting half Pay and Pension to certain widows and of all other acts & Resolutions of Congress granting Pay & Pension to certain widows. That she is the widow of James German who in his life time was a Pensioner of the United States at the rate of Twenty Three Dollars and Thirty Two Cents ($23.32) per annum that he died on the 7 th day of June 1849 that he left a widow the above named Elizabeth German him surviving now an applicant for a pension as his widow. That the above named Elizabeth German was married to the said pensioner James German on the 2 nd day of January 1782 by a Minister named Tamey That she had a record of said marriage which was lost by fire at the burning of the school house That the said marriage took place before the year One Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety four.
Elizabeth her German mark
Subscribed & sworn before me this 10 th day of January 1851
Alfred Wells County Judge of
Tompkins County
I Also Certify that Elizabeth German also named is a Respectable person and that her Declaration made is entitled to full Credit and that for reason of old age and infirmities she ought not to be required to appear in

in Court to make her Declaration.
Alfred Wells County Judge of Tompkins County
State of New York / On this day of 1857 County of Tompkins personally appeared before me a Judge of the County Courts in and for said County Enoch German of Mottville in said County, State aged Sixty Six years.

State of New York
County of Tompkins On this the 24 th day of May 1857 Personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace in and for said County and State Enoch German of Caroline in said County and State aged Sixty five years old who on being duly sworn according to law with an oath make the following Statement That his Father James German was a Resident -ay Resident of the United States to the time of his death which was on the 7 th of June 1849 at the Rate of Twenty three Dollars and Thirty two cents per annum ($23.32) That he left My Mother Elizabeth German Now surviving and his widow, who is now applying for a Pension as the Widow of My Father James German, That I had one Mother Older than Myself whose Name is James German whose age is about Sixty Eight years old, and upwards That I have Three Brothers and Sisters now living who are all of them over the age of fifty years of age and upwards and that My Mother is still a Widow of My Father James German Sworn to and Subscribed before me this 24 th day of May 1857
Dealo B Droke J.P.
Enoch German
I certify that the above named Enoch German is a respectable person & his statement is entitled to full faith & credit! Dealo B Droke J.P.

State of New York County of Tompkins On this 10 th day of January 1857 personally appeared before the subscribers a Judge of the Courts in and for Said County Matilda a Ward of Ithaca in said County & State aged fifty eight years who on being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the deposition That her Father James German was a Pensioner of the United States at the rate of Twenty three dollars and thirty two cents per annum That her Mother who is now applying for a Pension as his widow, is his widow That My Father the said Pensioner James German died on the 7 th June 1849. That My Father James German and My Mother Elizabeth German who is now applying for a Pension lived together as Man & Wife until the day of My Father's death and that they had a large family of children the oldest now living in Canada is of the age sixty eighty years That Enoch the second child now living is of the age sixty eighty years That Hannah who Married Job Randall is of the age sixty fifty years That this deponent is also of the of sixty eight years age and the fourth child of the said Parties. That My Father & Mother before -Named had a Record of the Marriage and births of their Children That the Said Record was destroyed by the fire in the School That they never had any other Record of said Marriage. Given to the 10 th day of January 1857 before me this
Matilda her Ward Mark
Alfred Wells County Judge of Tompkins County.
I Also Certify that the Above Named Matilda Ward is a Respectable person and that her Statement above made is entitled to full credit being Alfred Wells County Judge of Tompkins County

State of New-York.
Tompkins County Clerk's Office.
ss.
I, HORACE MACK, Clerk of said County, and also Clerk of the Courts in and for said County, do hereby certify, that Alfred W. Blackwell Esquire, before whom the preceding declaration was subscribed and sworn, and whose name appears to the declaration to the Jurat thereto, was at the date of the same an acting Justice of the Peace respectively in and for said County, duly elected, sworn, and authorized to act as such, and to take the same; and further, that I am well acquainted with the hand writings of such Justice and Justice and verify believe that the signatures to the preceding declaration Jurat are genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed the seal of the said County and Courts, at Ithaca, this twenty ninth day of July A.D. 1851.
H. Mack Clerk.
answer to John W. Dugg Attorney Tompkins Co
No. 14,429 Elizabeth German, Mtg of France, New York July 7, 1838.
J. H. Dugg Attorney N.Y. City

State of New York Schoharie County Clerk's Office
I Samuel Loew Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Schoharie Do hereby
Certify that the following papers hereto annexed contain the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of James German for a Pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 16 th day of May A.D. 1839.
Samuel Loew clk
on the Mohawk river - he remained in the aforesaid service as a soldier at Newburgh until the last of November when they marched to Schuylerville

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832.
STATE OF NEW YORK, } Tompkins COUNTY, ss. }
On this 3 rd day of October personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Tompkins County now sitting, James German a resident of the town of Caroline - in the county of Tompkins and state of New York, aged sixty nine years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
That he enlisted into said service at the Town of Saratoga on the East side of the North River in the State of New York where he then resided, for the term of seven months , six a Company under the Command of Captain Seth Sherwood , and Lieutenant Thomas Broadshaw in a Regiment of the New York State Troop commanded by Colonel Warner - that he was so enlisted and enrolled as a private in said Company on the first of May  Seventeen hundred hundred and Eighty , and when he was sixteen years of age on the fourth day of October proceeding his said enlistment - after his said enlistment as aforesaid he together with the aforesaid Company, under the Command of Captain Sherwood marched to Fort Edwards on the North River about fifty miles above Albany where they were stationed as a guard to that Fort - He continued in the aforesaid service at and in the vicinity of Fort Edwards until in the forpart of October of the same year when he marched with the aforesaid Company to Schmactady and from thence to Fort Stawmix on the Mohawk River about sixteen miles above Utica - That he remained in the aforesaid service as a soldier at Fort Stawmix until the last of November when they marched to Schmactady and were there discharged from the service on the first day of December 1780  the time for which he enlisted having then expired - That at the time and during his service at Fort Edwards as aforesaid a part of the Regiment under the Command of Col. Warner were stationed with this applicant at Fort Edwards and a part at Fort George fourteen miles up the North River from said Fort Edwards - That according to the best of his recollection during that service Col Warner was the Commanding officer at Fort George and Major Chipman who was also an officer in Col Warner's Regiment Commanded at Fort Edwards - That Hopkins was the Adjutant in the aforesaid Regiment who was killed in a skirmish with the Indians between Fort George & Fort Edwards in or about the Month of August 1780 and that Lieutenant Coon was also killed at the same time and Col. Warner was severely wounded by a shot he thinks through the left shoulder. His horse was also wounded so that he was compelled to leave his horse procure another and proceeded to Fort Edwards -
That at the time this applicant left Fort Edwards as aforesaid there were men launched from different Companies at that fort to join with other troops at Schmactady and proceed from thence to Fort Stawmix to relieve soldiers who had previously been stationed there but whose terms of service had expired - That on their arrival at Schmactady on their march to Fort Stawmix as aforesaid their Corps was there reorganized and this Declarant from thence served as a private in Capt Forman's  Company He recollects of no officer higher than a Capt who took Command of their Corps (consisting of about 160 Men) from Schmactady to

To Fort Stanwix - And that on their arrival at, & during their services at Fort Stanwix - the soldiers there were under the command of Major Hughs -
That during his said service at Fort Stanwix under Maj. Hughs & in said Capt. Thomas Company Genl. Van Rensselaer who was then commanding a body of Men further down the Mohawk River gave orders for a body of soldiers at Fort Stanwix to proceed at or near the Oneida Lake and cut off a number of boats & water crafts belonging to the British & Indians in that Lake - That a body of Men were accordingly sent from there Fort (in number sixty six) who were all taken prisoners except two who afterwards returned to the fort -
That he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person living whom testimony he can procure who can testify to his said services other than that of Sarah Whitney whose affidavit is herunto annexed -

The following questions were propounded by the Court to the applicant.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
Answer. in Dutchess County N.Y. in 1763 the 2 nd of October
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so where is it?
Answer. I have no record - My father could not write.
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war; and where do you now live?
Answer. Was living when called to service at Botum hill Saratoga Co. N.Y. - after lived in Washington Co. Montgomery County. Now lives in Caroline Tompkins Co. N.Y. -
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute; and if a substitute, for whom?
Answer. I volunteered
5. State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops when you served; such continental and militia regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service.
Answer.
don't recollect any continental officers - know Col. Warner, Maj. Hopkins - Capt Sherwood, Capt Harrison - Lieutenant Bradshaw, in the militia - Maj. Hughs commanded when I was at Fort Stawne -
6. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
Answer. Don't recollect as I ever had a discharge in writing if so it is lost -
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
Answer.
Edward E. Dodge - Nathan Herrick, John M. Roe, Benjamin Segyett, Isaac Segyett, John Cantine Esq James Hardinburgh - Doct. Silas Hutchinson -
WE, Claymans Edward E. Dodge a residing in the town of Gryder and county of Tompkins and State of New York, and Nathan Herrick residing in the same place  same place , hereby certify that we are well acquainted with James German who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, and that we believe him to be sixty nine years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid, }
J. Love Clk
Edward E. Dodge Nathan Herrick
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogations prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states, and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Edward E. Dodge who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clayman resident in the town of Gryder and county of Tompkins and are creditable persons, and that their statements are entitled to credit.
I Daniel Love - Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas - for the County of Tompkins - do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of James German for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this
4 th day of October 1832
Daniel Love Clk

county of onondaga Town of Fabius ss.
Sarah Whitney of the town of Fabius in said county being only sworn before John Doubleday one of the Justices of the peace of said county makes oath and says that James German (who is a brother to this deponent) died in the month of May in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty enlist as a soldier in the American revolution - and was gone from my fathers house at one time about seven months which time he was engaged as I well believe in fighting for the liberty of the American people - my Father at the time of the enlistment of my brother James resided near what was then called Bottenkiln in the county of Washington - I will recollect the time of his return from the war from the fact of his firing his gun near the house before he came in it being evening =
Sarah X Whitney mark
Sworn and subscribed This 18 th day of Sept. 1832 before me John Doubleday J.P.
State of New York } ss. I Reuben S. Haff Clerk of said County do hereby Onondaga County } Certify that John Doubleday was on the 18 th day of September 1832 a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly Elected & qualified as such & authorized to take affidavits & that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe the above signature "John Doubleday" officially subscribed to the Inat of the above affidavit to be his own proper hand writing and signature. Witness my hand and seal of office this 25 th 1832. Reuben S. Haff Clerk

I do hereby certify that I have for twenty years been acquainted with Sarah Whitney the person making the within affidavit and do not hesitate to say that she is a person of unques- tionable veracity and of good reputation John Doubleday J.P.
James German In the matter of the application of for a Pardon
Declaration
x2
14720
Affidavit of Sarah Whitney

Reg  WIDOW, &c.
File No. 28.620
Elizabeth German Wid of James German Prin New-bern
Act: Feb 2nd 1868
Index:—Vol. A , Page 269
[Arrangement of 1870.]

14. 429
Elizabeth Gorman
Washington
1835
to her children
July 2. 1835.

No. 50
Elizabeth German wid of James. N. Y.
Aer 2 Feby, 48.
$23. 32 per ann. from 7 June 1849 when her husband died.
Cert to
L. N. Quigg, Esq. Ithaca N. York.

Ithaca May 18 1851
Sir
The letter wrote in answer to the application of Elizabeth German for a Pension Oct 30, 1851 was received by me on the 14 th of May 1852. In answer to your I send the Affidavit of Thomas I Phelps with the record of one of the children birth and death, it is all that can be got I do hope that it will be enough to grant the Pension.
Respectfully yours, John W. Dingle

J C Heath
Ithaca July 23, 1857
Commission of Pension
Sir Enclosed I send you the Application of Elizabeth German for a Pension as the Widow of James German a Deceased Pension also the Proof please pass the same if possible so that she can draw her Pension on the 4 th of September
Respectfully Yours P. M. Lunge

14720 James German N.Y.
Amended according to direction
Sam l C. Cottenden Ithaca N.Y.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of James Gardner of Tompkins Co NY which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yes XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? yes If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? yes Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? yes XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No * XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? all answered
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
‡QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
□ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME German, William GRADE Private LINE Virginia
WARRANT NUMBER N 13125 and 14048 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED June 27, 1798 to not shown
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.